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Friday, October 26, 2007 12:00 AM

Ask the pilot

Do airplanes make you fart more? What happened to the dog hair on my suitcase? The pilot lets us in on readers' probing questions.

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  • Friday, October 26, 2007 09:48 AM

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    When you talk about the topics for the next column, are you referring to this?:

    http://www.10zenmonkeys.com/2007/10/22/prior-permission-from-government-to-be-required-for-each-flight/

    This sounds like urban myth to me (or at least massive misunderstanding of proposed legislation), served up at the speed of internet, but I figured I would go to the source for all airline-related debunking.

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